Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill: amends the:

Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980

to: implement the merger of the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation (GWRDC) and the Wine Australia Corporation to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and rename the Act; and

Freedom of Information Act 1982

to make a consequential amendment; transfers the operations, assets, liabilities and staffing conditions of the GWRDC and the Wine Australia Corporation to the authority; and repeals the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1991.

Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill amends the

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

to: enable levies collected to be paid to the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and remove the requirement for the Wine Australia Corporation to make recommendations to the minister about the levy rate.

Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill amends the

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

to: enable levies collected to be paid to the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and remove the requirement for the Wine Australia Corporation to make recommendations to the minister about the levy rate.

Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends the

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

to: remove product specific maximum rates for research and development and marketing charge rates; standardise and clarify the industry bodies to be consulted before the minister sets new or changed rates; and provide that the maximum charge rate to be imposed is the rate requested by the charge payers.

Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends the:

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

to: remove product specific maximum levy rates for research and development and marketing levies; standardise and clarify the industry bodies to be consulted before the minister sets new or changed levies; provide that the maximum levy rate to be imposed is the rate requested by the levy payers; set the levy rate on sugar cane to 70 cents per tonne; and require the minister to take into account recommendations from the sugar industry services body on the rate of the levy on sugar cane in the absence of an industry organisation; and proposed

Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments—Excise) Act 2013

Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends: the

Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

to: require research and development corporations (RDCs) to enter into a funding agreement with the Commonwealth before the end of the 2013-14 financial year; enable individual fisheries industry levies to be collected and matched subject to a relevant industry cap; amend the process for selecting board members for statutory RDCs; include marketing activities in the role of RDCs; and amend the long and short titles of the Act; the

Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

,

Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000

,

Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

and

Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

to standardise ministerial delegation rules for industry-owned RDCs; the

Dairy Produce Act 1986

and

Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

to enable the minister to give written directions to the industry and research bodies in certain circumstances; the

Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

to: enable the research body to use certain funds for marketing activities; and provide that the timing of the wool levy poll is prescribed in regulations; six Acts to enable the Commonwealth to match voluntary contributions made to RDCs by businesses for research and development; and nine Acts to make technical amendments.

Introduced with the Inspector-General of Biosecurity Bill 2012 [2013], the bill responds to the Nairn and Beale reviews by providing for a modern regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the

Quarantine Act 1908

) to: manage biosecurity risks, the risk of contagion of a listed human disease, the risk of listed human diseases entering Australian territory, risks related to ballast water, biosecurity emergencies and human biosecurity emergencies; and give effect to Australia’s international rights and obligations, including the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations and Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, and the Convention on Biological Diversity.